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I <br />: “ ■ <br />I •! ■ <br />fV <br />V <br />^1' <br />rl' <br />i -- <br />tixf <br />H <br />jk. ■ • <br />^1; - ■■ <br />L:-' <br />*a. <br />frV- <br />• <br />,p- ,. ; <br />r <br />V'fe <br />r- <br />f‘iiy-. <br />5) Legal Notices - The LMCD may have under-budgeted for this item <br />in the past but they only spent $2,270 in 1990. why then do they <br />need $3,000 in 1992? Fact - The cost of legal notices has tripled <br />since 1990. <br />6) Total amount of Office & Administrative has increased 22% over <br />the previous years budget. This type of overall increase is <br />unacceptable given the present economic conditions. <br />7) Are Public Access Use studies mandated? Can they be done with <br />existing staff? <br />8) Contingency Fund - If the total budget increase was 5%, why is <br />the budget contingency set to increase 32%? Only $1,077 was used <br />from last years contingency fund. Where did the remaining $8,000 <br />go? Shouldn't last year's contingency be carried over to the <br />present year and the budget reduced accordingly? There should be <br />a cap placed on the amount that can be accumulated as a <br />contingency. <br />9) Milfoil Program - Total disbursements in 1990 were $190,000. <br />The amount budgeted in 1990 was $205,000. Where is the $15,000 <br />difference? Also, why is the LMCD giving up on private funding <br />thereby increasing taxes for each of the 14 cities? <br />10) Salaries - We are concerned about the way the salary reviews <br />were handled with no input from any of the 14 cities. The LMCD <br />needs to keep in mind that any salary increases effect salary <br />negotiations with our own employees, including the police <br />department. <br />11) annual Contributions - The City of Tonka Bay is very concerned <br />over the rapid escalation of our annual contributions to the LMCD <br />Budget (see attached chart) . As you can see there has been <br />substantial growth in the amount needed each year from 1986 to <br />present. <br />As you know we are very concerned about the loss of revenue that <br />all local governments are e: eriencing and because of this and a <br />growing discontent with the escalation of property taxes, we must <br />do everything we can to hold our expenditures down as much as <br />possible. <br />Please forward our comments and concerns to the LMCD Board. We <br />would appreciate a response as soon as possible. We would ®^so <br />hope that the LMCD Board will keep our concerns in mind when <br />considering a final budget for 1992. <br />Sincerely, <br />CITY OF TONKA BAY <br />RECEIVED <br />Dave Canister <br />City Administrator JUH M 1991 <br />. ^